THE RURAL* NEW-VORKEH 
1195 
The Regeneration of Sarah 
By Beulah Heaston and Anna Nixon 
(Continued from page 117.°>) 
Ben had almost given up the hope of 
graduating from high school; but when 
the apple crop turned out so much better 
than they had expected, there seemed to 
be no reason why he should not return to 
school and complete the course. 
Ben was of a modest and retiring na¬ 
ture, and in his own class had remained 
somewhat in the background in spite of 
his excellent scholarship. But in the class 
which he entered this year he was the 
oldest member and further advanced in 
his studies than the others, who naturally 
accorded him the leadership. When a de¬ 
bating society was organized and arrange¬ 
ments made to hold debates with the high 
schools of neighboring towns. Ben was se¬ 
lected as a member of the Westfield team, 
and it soon became evident that he had a 
decided talent foi^lebating. 
The first debate was to be held at West- 
field. and the opposing team was from the 
academy at Dalton. Alice shared her 
brother’s enthusiasm, and he submitted 
his efforts to her for criticism and sug¬ 
gestion. She even took the opposing side 
of the question and debated it with him. 
Every day each of them tried to find new 
arguments to introduce i:i the evening 
discussion, and their good-natured con¬ 
test grew really exciting. 
The family would gather about the fire 
in the evening after the next day's les¬ 
sons were prepared, and Margaret would 
act as chairman. The quiet girl had a 
keen sense of humor, and her mock solem¬ 
nity and the amusing decisions she made, 
contributed not a little to the interest in 
the discussions. Sometimes, when the ar¬ 
gument grew so heated that the debaters 
interrupted each other, she would fish the 
stocking darner from the mending basket 
and rap loudly for order. 
Sarah sometimes looked up from her 
novel long enough to make a pertinent 
suggestion, and the others tried to per¬ 
suade her to take part in their debates. 
She refused, however, until the last even¬ 
ing before the debate; then she took the 
floor. The others expected some clever 
mimicry, so were not surprised when she 
gave an excellent imitation of Squire Bar¬ 
ton’s bombastic speech and extravagant 
gestures. They expected, too, that her 
arguments would be of a sportive char¬ 
acter, and were surprised when she neatly 
disproved one of Alice’s arguments which 
Ben had not been able to shake, and in¬ 
troduced several new points that had not 
occurred to either him or Alice. 
“By George, Sis—that was good 
work !” he exclaimed, with new admira¬ 
tion and respect evident in his face. 
“You do have some ideas in your fair 
head besides pretty clothes and a good 
time—even if you are careful to try to 
conceal the fact. I half believe you’re 
right on that last point—I must look it 
up to-morrow. The Dalton boys will be 
sure to advance that argument and not 
one of us would have been prepared if 
you hadn’t mentioned it. Maybe you’ve 
won the debate for us.’’ 
The events of the next evening proved 
the truth of Ben’s words. The Dalton 
team did advance the very arguments 
Sarah’s keen mind had foreseen; and 
Ben, being prepared for them, was able 
to win the victory for the Westfield 
school. 
In the cheering and confusion which 
followed the victory, Alice was swept 
.along with a crowd of enthusiastic friends 
toward the stage, where the debaters were 
receiving an ovation. 
“Didn’t Ben do well !’’ said a familiar 
voice, close to her ear. Alice started and 
her face grew hot; but she collected her¬ 
self and turned to Dr. Armstrong, who 
had pushed his way through the crowd 
and was walking by her side. 
“Yes, didn’t he! I’m so glad they 
won,” she replied, looking about her for 
some way of escape. 
“Don’t be in such a hurry, Alice,” and 
he continued at her side, though he knew 
that she was trying to elude him. 
“Where’s Margaret?” she said; noting, 
to her consternation that she had become 
separated from the others and the doctor 
was skillfully guiding her away from the 
crowd. 
“Don’t worry about Margaret,” he re¬ 
plied, smiling a little at her confusion. 
“Let’s get away from these people--I 
want to talk to you.” 
“I can’t now—it’s time to go home, and 
the others will be looking for me. Please 
let me go, .Tohn.” 
“You may go on one condition—that 
you let me take you home this evening. 
I've had no opportunity to talk to you 
for months.” 
“No, I can't do that—you must not ask 
me,” she said, turning to hide her quiver¬ 
ing lip. “I—I’m going,” and she abruptly 
left him, to join Ben and Margaret, who 
were waiting for her. 
Alice tried to forget this incident of the 
evening in her satisfaction over Ben’s suc¬ 
cess, but to no purpose; for it crowded 
everything else from her mind. She be¬ 
lieved that she had acted wisely, but there 
were moments when she regretted her de¬ 
cision and was rebellious at the fate 
which at times like this seemed a weary 
burden for her young shoulders. 
When she heard, a few weeks later, 
that the doctor was devoting himself to 
Jessie Blair, the new teacher at West- 
field, she tried to persuade herself that 
he was acting only in a natural and sensi¬ 
ble manner. Their engagement was at an 
end and she told herself that she expected 
him to seek consolation elsewhere. But 
her efforts to take a philosophical view 
of the matter were far from successful, 
and she often was unhappy and depressed. 
(To be continued.) 
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.‘i. Is it necessary to have household goods 
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